MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — The eye rolling was epic.
Wrinkled brows. Sighs. Big, sweeping head tilts followed by ocular lolls that defied basic biology. Brian Schmetzer, coach of the Seattle Sounders of M.L.S., puffed out his eyes so much he resembled an emoji. Garth Lagerwey, the team’s general manager, nearly tipped over in his office chair because of the sheer force of his facial exasperation.
And then, sitting in the living room of the house he grew up in and in which he still lives, Jordan Morris tried to be a bit more subtle.
“Oh, wait — you saw that?